This graph represents the share of French people who had already questioned the advice given by their doctor after consulting an alternative medicine practitioner in 2019. It shows that the majority of respondents, 75 percent, did not doubt the diagnosis or traetment given by their doctor.
Alternative medicine, also called complementary or integrative medicine among others, designates therapeutic practices residing outside classical medical science which originated from oriental, ancestral or innovative traditions. Among those alternative medicines, we can for example find acupuncture (from Chinese medicine), Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicine, osteopathy or homeopathy.
Have you ever questioned a doctor's diagnosis based on the advice of an alternative medicine practitioner?
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Harris Interactive. (November 15, 2019). Have you ever questioned a doctor's diagnosis based on the advice of an alternative medicine practitioner? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101886/medicine-conventional-perception-france-doubt-question-alternative/
Harris Interactive. "Have you ever questioned a doctor's diagnosis based on the advice of an alternative medicine practitioner?." Chart. November 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101886/medicine-conventional-perception-france-doubt-question-alternative/
Harris Interactive. (2019). Have you ever questioned a doctor's diagnosis based on the advice of an alternative medicine practitioner?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101886/medicine-conventional-perception-france-doubt-question-alternative/
Harris Interactive. "Have You Ever Questioned a Doctor's Diagnosis Based on The Advice of An Alternative Medicine Practitioner?." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101886/medicine-conventional-perception-france-doubt-question-alternative/
Harris Interactive, Have you ever questioned a doctor's diagnosis based on the advice of an alternative medicine practitioner? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101886/medicine-conventional-perception-france-doubt-question-alternative/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
